Celebrating the Torchbearers of Care in Animal Health Care Marketing

The VETTY Awards®, the Annual Animal Health Care Marketing Awards Program, Now Accepting Entries

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) is now accepting entries for its coveted VETTY Awards®, an international awards program dedicated to recognizing marketing excellence in the animal health care industry.

The NAVC, the world's leading nonprofit dedicated to supporting the global veterinary profession, introduced the VETTY Awards® in 2017 to recognize and reward marketing excellence in the animal health care industry. The VETTY Awards® has become a prestigious awards program, receiving entries from around the world and recognizing the best in marketing animal health care products, programs and services.

"The VETTY Awards® celebrates the marketing excellence of the products, programs and services that help animals live longer and enjoy better quality lives," said NAVC CEO Gene O'Neill. "We want the talented, creative professionals whose marketing set ablaze our industry's successes this year to throw their hat in the ring for a coveted VETTY award. Their passion for helping animals truly makes them the 'Torchbearers of Care.'"

Veterinary industry nonprofit and for-profit organizations and agencies are invited to submit their creative work for consideration. Eligible work must have been produced between November 1, 2024 and October 31, 2025. Entry divisions are composed of a variety of communications and marketing mediums, including print, advertising, event, digital, social media, websites, and more.

VETTY Awards® winners will be recognized at the 43nd annual Veterinary Meeting & Expo (VMX), which will take place January 17-21 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Presented by the NAVC, VMX is the world's largest and most comprehensive global veterinary education conference with nearly 1,000 hours of continuing education, world-class entertainment and its award-winning VMX Expo Hall featuring all that's new in veterinary medicine. As the first veterinary conference of the year, VMX sets direction for the industry. VMX 2025, held in January of this year, attracted a record number of attendees with nearly 30,000 veterinary industry professionals participating in the conference from all over the world.

At VMX, award winning entries will be featured in the VETTY Awards® booth inside the Expo Hall. All entrants will be invited to a special awards reception on January 19. Winners also will be featured on the VETTY Awards® website.

The early bird deadline for VETTY Awards® submissions is 11:59 PM ET on September 30, 2025. The final deadline for submissions is at 11:59 PM ET on November 3, 2025. Winners will be notified in mid-December, prior to the VMX event so that arrangements can be made to attend the award reception.

For more information about the VETTY Awards®, visit TheVettys.com or email [email protected]. 

About the NAVC
The North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) association dedicated to supporting and advancing veterinary professionals worldwide. As the world's leading provider of veterinary continuing education, the NAVC delivers essential training, tools and resources for veterinary professionals to stay abreast of advances in animal medicine and provide the best medical care for animals everywhere. Through its commitment to innovation and excellence, the NAVC has developed a diverse portfolio of products and services, including: educational events, headlined by VMX, the world's largest, most comprehensive continuing education conference and launchpad for new products and innovations within the veterinary industry; a robust digital platform for virtual learning and engagement; the veterinary industry's largest and award-winning portfolio of trade publications; and an advocacy arm which unites the veterinary community and pet lovers. The NAVC was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL. Since 2017, the NAVC has been recognized annually as one of the Top Workplaces by the Orlando Sentinel. To learn more about NAVC's products and brands, visit https://navc.com/. To see our schedule of upcoming events, visit https://navc.com/calendar/.

SOURCE North American Veterinary Community (NAVC)